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Woman severely beaten during invasion at Beanie Babies tycoon's home: report
A man suspected of savagely beating a woman inside Beanie Babies tycoon Ty Warner’s Montecito, California mansion has been charged with first-degree attempted murder and other violent crimes, according to a report.
According to a criminal complaint, 42-year-old Russell Maxwell Phay of Henderson, Nevada, broke into a home owned by “T. Warner” and beat a woman identified as “L. Malek Aslanian,” within inches of her life.
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office told NBC News that “T. Warner” is Ty Warner, the owner of Ty Inc., which manufactures the stuffed children’s toys.
The Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Feb. 16, 2003: In this file photo, Ty Warner, Beanie Baby creator, arrives at the Toy Fair to sign “Decade,” the 10th anniversary baby bear in New York. (AP)
The incident occurred on May 21.
The complaint, signed by Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch, alleges that Phay “did unlawfully and with malice aforethought attempt to murder a human being,” and that he left Malek Aslanian “in a comatose state due to brain injury.”
He was also charged with assault with a force likely to produce great bodily injury, residential burglary with a person present, kidnapping, and obstructing or delaying a peace officer.
According to a press release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, police responded to a burglary at the home, and when they arrived, found Malek Aslanian severely beaten.
Beanie Babies from Mina’s in Bellevue in 1998. (Mandy Lunn/USA TODAY NETWORK)
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Police found Phay barricaded in an upstairs bathroom. He allegedly jumped from the second story window to escape, only to be immediately captured by police with the help of a police K9.
A release from Savrnoch’s office says that Phay is scheduled to appear in Santa Barbara Superior Court for the first time on June 2. He is being held on $1 million bail. According to Santa Barbara County jail records, Phay is still in custody.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment.
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse in California. (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Santa Barbara Public Defender’s Office.
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Updated: May 2, 2026, 2:24 pm EDTPublished: May 2, 2026, 2:24 pm EDT
A large landspout tornado was spotted towering over north-central New Mexico on Thursday, April 30, footage shows. Other videos of landspouts were posted from the area that day.
Federal agents are responding after explosives were found in a vehicle that crashed into the front entrance of an Oregon athletic club Saturday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said. A person was found dead inside the vehicle.
Portland Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a vehicle driving into the club’s front entrance at 2:49 a.m. local time, according to a news release from the department.
The vehicle caught fire after the crash, the department said. Once the blaze was brought under control, law enforcement found the deceased person inside. The Portland Police Department’s Explosive Disposal Unit responded after evidence of an explosive device was found in the vehicle.
The person has not been identified, and an investigation is ongoing, police said.
The club said in a statement that the facility will remain closed until further notice and that they are expecting a prolonged closure.
“Our team is cooperating fully with the Portland Police Bureau and Portland Fire & Rescue, who are leading the investigation. Out of respect for that process, we will defer to them for additional details,” the statement said.
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